All Outputs (7)

New directions in the history and sociolinguistics of French (2024)
Book Chapter

Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns (2024)
Book Chapter

Chroniques de langage, or language columns, are articles discussing questions related to language which are produced by a single author and published regularly in the periodical press (Remysen 2005: 270–1). While the content of the columns can vary,... Read More about Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns.

Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter considers prescriptivism in the French language from a comparative perspective, focusing on a particular type of metalinguistic text, namely texts providing “language advice”. It provides a discussion of prescriptivism in general, outlin... Read More about Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec.

Discourse Analysis of Print Media (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines how discourse analysis as applied to print media can be used to examine language attitudes. It outlines the main strengths and limitations of this method. One of the most important strengths lies in the fact that the printed pre... Read More about Discourse Analysis of Print Media.

The Construction of authority in 20th century language columns in France (2021)
Book Chapter

This study examines a sample of language columns produced by six different authors in France during three key periods of the 20th century to determine how these authors construct the authority necessary to pronounce on language usage and impose parti... Read More about The Construction of authority in 20th century language columns in France.

Les métaphores dans les chroniques de langage en France et en Suisse (2021)
Book Chapter

Cet article est le premier à proposer une étude contrastive de deux traditions de chroniques de langage en francophonie. Nous analysons les types métaphoriques et les différents usages des métaphores dans les chroniques françaises et suisses romandes... Read More about Les métaphores dans les chroniques de langage en France et en Suisse.

Attitudes towards English in France (2015)
Book Chapter

© 2015 Walter de Gruyter, Inc., Berlin/Boston. It is often claimed that French speakers display a particularly high level of concern about the effect that English has on the French language. The Académie française is seen to be representative of such... Read More about Attitudes towards English in France.